Compensated Emancipation in the District of Columbia: Petitions Under the Act of April 16, 1862

by Dorothy S. Provine

This book contains abstracts of petitions submitted by ex-slaveholders seeking monetary compensation for their slaves freed by the District of Columbia emancipation act of 1862. Under the original act... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788431838
• ISBN13: 9780788431838
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 11.0"